The St. Valentine's Day Regatta

[Pallando]

PRESS RELEASE. Shinrata Dezhra, 00:00 hours, 3301-02-01

Call for Participants

Speaking today from the Headquarters of the Pilots Federation, Commander Millington announced the details of this year's St. Valentine's Regatta, one of the most prestigious events on the yearly racing calendar.

"As every pilot knows, the St. Valentine's is a gruelling test of nerve and daring; a headlong dash from one side of inhabited space to the other, that many can enter, but only one can win. In the 37 year's of the race's history (excluding 3284, when it was cancelled due to the war of course), this race has never been won by a pilot with less than exemplary skill, and many winners went on to become legends."

http://www.elitedangeroustools.info/ValentinesDayRegatta/

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Please now feel free to spread the word, and repost the details of the event anywhere you think people might be interested:

Event Date 7pm GMT, on Saturday 14th February, 2015

Event Location {to be announced}

Event Title The 2015 St. Valentine's Day Regatta

Event Liason Commander Pallando

Event Website http://elitedangeroustools.info/ValentinesDayRegatta/

Event Description:
Are you the fastest dang pilot in known space?
Do you leave others in the dust, when jumping from system to system, and always complete your courier missions with minutes to spare?
Then prove it, this St. Valentine's Day, in a race against the best. Organised by the Pilots Federation, we'll be gathering at the edge of known space, and then head out at top speed along an exciting 500 light year long race course. There is a real world silver tophy for the winner.

Note: You can create a userid on the website, but registration for the race itself won't open until Wesnesday 4th, so you have a little while to decide which ship you're going to fly in. Get planning now!

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Registration is now open:
http://www.elitedangeroustools.info/ValentinesDayRegatta/register.php


This is Casey Murrow, of GRTV ("All the news that matters"), and I'm streaming live from Zoquagsang, bastion of the 'Zoquagsang Values' cult, where news has just broken that the gathering point for this year's St. Valentines's Day Regatta will be Bernard City, possibly the most straightlaced spot in the whole Federation.

"We don't allow slaves, toxic waste, drugs, daytime TV chatshows, weapons or fun", said Mayor Bernard XVII, "And trust that all the pilots in this year's race will respect our beliefs while here, and perhaps even read the inspired writings of the great Bernard I who founded our civilisation. They are morally improving, and only 19,000 pages long. May I lend you a copy?"

I asked Rear Admiral Millington about this strange choice of gathering system.

"Humph. Well, err. Put it this way, the starting system itself is Kumbaya, the furthest known inhabited point; a communist hell-hole whose only saving grace is their cheap gold. They don't have a shipyard, or even a proper station. Bernard City, for all its failings, has a shipyard that sells 12 types of ship, and an
outfitters that stocks A4 and A5 frame shift drives, and every fuel scoop known to humanity, even the rare (and hideously overpriced) A6."

"We suggest hanging around in Zoquagsang, fine tuning your racing ship instead of getting drunk, until your scheduled departure time, then hopping a short 22 Ly over to Kumbaya where the marshal will meet you in supercruise near the primary, Kumbaya A, and log your starting time."

"A final tip? Watch your power consumption. Being able to jump the moment your drive allows and not have to wait for ship temperature to get below 100% will shave minutes off your time, over a 500 Ly race."

[Wolf]

Big congrats to CMDR Samwell Drakhyr for winning the race and to the Regatta making the official GalNet news!
http://www.elitedangerous.com/news/galn ... d72794ea6b